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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Software links police sketches to mug shots]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>norncrymoup</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Here's a new spin on an old way to catch crooks--researchers at Michigan State University have developed algorithms and software that can match police sketches to thousands of mug shots in a database. The research, by MSU computer science and engineering professor Anil Jain and doctoral student Brendan Klare, is being published in this month's edition of the journal IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.Mug shots and composite sketches have long been used in police investigation, but witness descriptions can be inaccurate. The researchers say their project is the first large-scale experiment to link the sketches and mug shots, adding that results have been promising. The algorithms compare eye, nose, and chin shapes, as well as other structures, in pairs of images. In the experiment, using a database of more than 10,000 images, the system found the correct person 45 percent of the time. The sketches were from real crimes in which the culprit was later identified.&quot;We improved significantly on one of the top commercial face-recognition systems,&quot; Klare was quoted as saying in a release. The system is to be field-tested in about a year. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[T-Mobile offers up more Samsung Galaxy S 4G details]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>norncrymoup</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Samsung Galaxy S 4G will be available from T-Mobile in February.(Credit:T-Mobile)When T-Mobile and Samsung confirmed the existence of the Samsung Vibrant 4G a couple of weeks ago, the companies went a little light on the details of the device, but now, T-Mobile is spilling the beans. Starting afresh with a new name, the Android 2.2-based Samsung Galaxy S 4G is expected to be available in February and will be the carrier's first smartphone capable of theoretical download speeds of up to 21Mbps. To put the 4G speeds to good use, the carrier is shipping the device with its T-Mobile TV app, which allows you to watch live and on-demand mobile HD programs from such channels as ABC News, Fox Sports, and PBS Kids.It will also support Samsung's Media Hub video store where you can rent or purchase TV shows and movies, and much like the Samsung Vibrant, the Galaxy 4G will come preloaded with a full-length movie: Christopher Nolan's &quot;Inception.&quot; (The Vibrant came loaded with &quot;Avatar.&quot;)A number of other applications are bundled with the smartphone, including DoubleTwist with AirSync, Slacker Radio, Amazon Kindle for Android, and Qik for video chats via the rear-facing 5-megapixel camera or front-facing camera.In terms of hardware, the Samsung Galaxy S 4G features a 4-inch Super AMOLED touch screen, a 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor, an ST-Ericsson M5720 HSPA+ 4G modem, a preinstalled 16GB microSD card, and a 1,650mAh lithium ion battery.Pricing was not revealed at this time. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA names backup shuttle commander for Kelly flight]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nasa-names-backup-shuttle-commander-for-kelly-flight</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>norncrymoup</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nasa-names-backup-shuttle-commander-for-kelly-flight</guid>
<description><![CDATA[KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--Veteran shuttle commander Frederick Sturckow will replace Mark Kelly in near-term training for a flight aboard the shuttle Endeavour in April, NASA announced today. With Kelly's wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in critical condition in Tucson with a gunshot wound to the head, the substitution will free Kelly to remain at her bedside while ensuring his crewmates complete critical flight training.NASA officials said Kelly, who endorsed the decision, remains the designated commander of shuttle mission STS-134. Sturckow will begin training with Endeavour's crew next week.Endeavour commander Mark Kelly, seen during training in a shuttle simulator at the Johnson Space Center.(Credit:NASA)&quot;I recommended to my management that we take steps now to prepare to complete the mission in my absence, if necessary,&quot; Kelly said in a NASA statement. &quot;I am very hopeful that I will be in a position to rejoin my STS-134 crew members to finish our training.&quot;Peggy Whitson, chief of the astronaut office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, said Kelly &quot;is still the commander of STS-134.&quot;&quot;He is facing many uncertainties now as he supports Gabrielle, and our goal is to allow him to keep his undistracted attention on his family while allowing preparations for the mission to progress,&quot; she said. &quot;Designating a backup allows the crew and support team to continue training, and enables Mark to focus on his wife's care.&quot;No shuttle commander has ever been replaced this close to flight. There have, however, been several cases where other crew members were replaced due to illnesses or other issues.Astronaut David Griggs, scheduled to serve as pilot of shuttle mission STS-33, was replaced after he was killed June 17, 1989, flying a vintage aircraft. Jeff Ashby was replaced as the pilot of STS-85 in 1997 because his wife had terminal cancer. And astronauts Gus Loria and Carlos Noriega were replaced aboard shuttle missions in 2002 and 2004 respectively because of undisclosed medical issues.Earlier today, NASA managers reviewed processing timelines and signed off on target launch dates for the next two space shuttle missions.The agency hopes to launch the shuttle Discovery on mission STS-133, a flight to deliver needed supplies and a cargo storage module to the International Space Station, on February 24. That target date assumes engineers complete repairs to structural ribs, or stringers, in the ship's external tank in time to move the shuttle back out to the launch pad around the end of the month.Assuming an on-time launch, that flight plan calls for Discovery to dock with the space station on February 26, with two spacewalks taking place before the shuttle lands back at the Kennedy Space Center on March 7.Launch of the shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-134, a flight to deliver a $2 billion physics experiment to the station, is now targeted for liftoff on April 19, setting up a docking two days later. Four spacewalks are planned for that mission, and it would be scheduled to land back on Earth on May 3.Only one additional shuttle flight is planned, a space station resupply mission with Atlantis that currently is targeted for launch June 28. NASA managers hope to fly that mission later in the summer if the budget permits, to leave the station as well supplied as possible before the fleet is retired.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google expects to launch e-book sales soon]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-expects-to-launch-e-book-sales-soon</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>norncrymoup</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-expects-to-launch-e-book-sales-soon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We may get to check out Google's long-anticipated entry into the digital-book sales market before the end of the year.Google Editions, which was announced in spring and expected to launch in summer, is expected to be available in the U.S. by the end of the month, Google spokeswoman Jeannie Hornung told CNET today. In September, Hornung talked with CNET about some of the difficulties in launching the ambitious project, saying, &quot;The real answer is, we'll launch the service when it's ready.&quot;Google Editions is expected to open up a new distribution channel for digital-book publishers and give Amazon and Apple a new competitor in the booming digital-book market. However, a key difference is Google's &quot;buy anywhere, read anywhere&quot; approach, which means customers will purchase titles exclusively through a Web browser, instead of through an online store, as Amazon and Apple customers do. Customers will also be able to use any Internet-connected device--be it a personal computer, smartphone, or tablet computer--to access the books on Google's servers.Google hasn't revealed who or how many partners it has in the effort. But traditional revenue-sharing models could be upset by the fact that customers wouldn't actually have their own copy of the books they purchase.Amazon is the dominant player in the e-book field, claiming to command upward of 80 percent of the market. However, in an apparent effort to stave off defections to rival e-book sellers, Amazon recently announced plans to give newspaper and magazine publishers a greater share of the revenue it collects.Google is no stranger to digital books' the Internet giant announced plans in December 2004 to scan, digitize, and make searchable the collections of five of the largest libraries in the world. However, the effort quickly became embroiled in lawsuits and negotiations over copyright issues. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Exec: In 5 To 8 Years, Everyone Will Have An&nbsp'IPTV]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-exec-in-5-to-8-years-everyone-will-have-annbspiptv</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>norncrymoup</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Listening to key executives talk at Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today, Google is clearly very bullish about two key things: Google TV and display/video advertising.Earlier in the day, Google CEO Eric Schmidt went to bat for Google TV. Later, Google Global Sales Operations and Business Development, Nikesh Arora, said that in 5 to 8 years everyone will have an IP television, like Google TV.So why is Google gaga over this space Well, advertising, of course. Arora noted that the moment you stick a broadband cable behind your TV, you can create brand engagement rather than just the standard old brand awareness. That&amp;'s what Google does. But they&amp;'ve only been able to do it mainly with text-based ads up until now.But Schmidt noted that display is Google&amp;'s fastest growing business now. He also believes it&amp;'s going to be Google&amp;'s next big multi-billion dollar business.Arora noted that the display advertising business is actually older than the search advertising business a4&quot; it is what the Internet was built on a4&quot; but then it stagnated. Now it&amp;'s time to jump start things.CrunchBase InformationGoogle TVInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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